Full-day nursery in Small Brook, Oldham
Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery
Beal Vale Primary School, Salts Street, Shaw, OLDHAM, OL2 7SY · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Beal Vale Primary School, Salts Street, Shaw, OLDHAM, OL2 7SY · More nurseries in OL2
Stations
- Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink)10 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Salts Street, Chancery Lane and Wrens Nest.
Parks and playgrounds
- Dunwood Park8 min walk
- Memorial Gardens9 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Oldham there are about 3.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery is a full-day nursery at Beal Vale Primary School, Salts Street, Shaw, OLDHAM, OL2 7SY, in Small Brook, Oldham. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Network Nurseries Limited.
Run by Network Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 6 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beal Vale Pre-School NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The RisesFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Dandelions Pre-schoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Kids Planet Newbank HouseFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Beal Vale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.1 miles
- Rushcroft Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.3 miles
- Farrowdale House School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- East Crompton St George's CofE School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Buckstones Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Crompton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Primaryages 4–11 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery take?
Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
Who runs Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery?
Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery is run by Network Nurseries Limited, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Beal Vale Pre-School Nursery?
Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY395429 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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